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we've got five weeks. anything can happen, but people want to see some passion. >>> president obama took a break from debate preparation today in nevada to visit the set of the racial maddow tv commercial. a new national nbc news poll tonight shows that 52% of registered voters view the president positively, 42% view him negatively. 41% view mitt romney positively, 44% view romney negatively. mitt romney's favorability rating is lower than every other presidential nominee's rating at this point in the election in the history of this poll, except for george h.w. bush's 34/52 rating. and he lost that election. tonight, ann romney seems sure that the country will soon realize how lucky we are that mitt romney is running for president. >> i know he's very well prepared. he's focused, he's very bright. i think the country will be blessed by having someone with his skill set, his experience and his -- just his goodness. to be able to run this country. this guy does care that he's out there. and he's a person wit
we've got five weeks. anything can happen, but people want to see some passion. >>> president obama took a break from debate preparation today in nevada to visit the set of the racial maddow tv commercial. a new national nbc news poll tonight shows that 52% of registered voters view the president positively, 42% view him negatively. 41% view mitt romney positively, 44% view romney negatively. mitt romney's favorability rating is lower than every other presidential nominee's rating at...
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i find an interesting statistic is that this week, why does obama have to appear? he's all over the television in the form of ads and we have now surpassed the amount of money spent on political ads, greater than everything spent in the last campaign and we're only halfway through this rdeal. >> he talked to entertainment tonight. >> or is it today? and no, he definitely, of course, he loves doing this stuff and he and michelle are very, very good at this and this is where he wants to keep the campaign right now. >> all right. jim, worked in the bush 41 white house as you said earlier. would you be telling this president if you were, you know, working there now, would you be telling this president, yeah, go on et, and talk to people magazine? >> sure, absolutely. and you'll get soft questions and they're kind of always friendly and also telling him to avoid the white house press corps and nobody wants to get into the belief story, for example and something we didn't have back then is twitter and social media and i went back and looked. and mitt romney has 856,000 t
i find an interesting statistic is that this week, why does obama have to appear? he's all over the television in the form of ads and we have now surpassed the amount of money spent on political ads, greater than everything spent in the last campaign and we're only halfway through this rdeal. >> he talked to entertainment tonight. >> or is it today? and no, he definitely, of course, he loves doing this stuff and he and michelle are very, very good at this and this is where he wants...
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big changes in the presidential race this week. the romney campaign was reenergized by the governor's strong performance in the first debate. but president obama got a big boost with a new jobs report that showed a sharp drop in the unemployment rate. we are going to have our own debate today between democratic governor martin o'malley of maryland and republican senator kelly ayotte of new hampshire. welcome to "fox news sunday." >> thanks for having us. >> great to be with you, chris. >> chris: start with the jobs numbers that came out friday. unemployment rate dropped to the lowest since president obama took office. the government said 114,000 jobs answered. in a us whohold survey, 873,000 more americans reported having jobs. senator ayotte, isn't the economy getting better? >> i think what is disappointing about the report is that the downtick we saw in unemployment is because of part-time work for economic reasons so people who want full-time jobs taking lower pay. you can't support a family on part-time work. and, of course, w
big changes in the presidential race this week. the romney campaign was reenergized by the governor's strong performance in the first debate. but president obama got a big boost with a new jobs report that showed a sharp drop in the unemployment rate. we are going to have our own debate today between democratic governor martin o'malley of maryland and republican senator kelly ayotte of new hampshire. welcome to "fox news sunday." >> thanks for having us. >> great to be...
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. >> it wasn't negative to president obama. it was negative to candidate-- >> he's not running, jim. >> yes, it probably will be romney versus obama and oddly enough, romney is the one getting clobbered to the point that rolen martin and soledat o'brien, happy the way that they nailed romney. >> romney nailed himself by saying it. >> talk about media treatment of the republican candidates. take a look at the cover of news room shows mitt, romney and newt gingrich have gladiators in the arena, who will reveil, interested. i guess, i will prevail is the topic. but the media seemed to enjoy watching these two republicans go the at each other. >> it's a good thing the country and world don't have any problems other than this race which was kind of a foregone conclusion and now nevada and go through this et whole piem r time. it's ridiculous. >> along comes donald trump and makes the secretary spectacle bigger. >> i like what rich gail and his mullings blog said, compared it to a grand opera. nobody cares who donald trump is endorse
. >> it wasn't negative to president obama. it was negative to candidate-- >> he's not running, jim. >> yes, it probably will be romney versus obama and oddly enough, romney is the one getting clobbered to the point that rolen martin and soledat o'brien, happy the way that they nailed romney. >> romney nailed himself by saying it. >> talk about media treatment of the republican candidates. take a look at the cover of news room shows mitt, romney and newt gingrich...
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not talking about what the obama plan, what obama would do to reform entitlements or get the economy moving again. so this is very interesting. i think we see an alternative of a republican ticket that has substance. it's being attacked but because they're providing specific proposals. on medicare i would say they cannot allow the obama campaign to set the narrative of medicare and they have to be very clear saying what -- that they're actually trying to reform medicare to save medicare. this doesn't apply to seniors, for people 55 or under, and i would disagree. i think they do take -- obama care does take money from medicare to pay for services. it takes money away from service providers. >> if you repeal obama care you then end up with medicare's -- i mean because of the reforms that were done, the cbo rated it as extending the life of medicare by another eight years. if you repeal it you get rid of that, do they have to provide this alternative now? >> well, i mean, i think they propose a series of cuts but i think to argue that by putting back in over $700 billion into medicare
not talking about what the obama plan, what obama would do to reform entitlements or get the economy moving again. so this is very interesting. i think we see an alternative of a republican ticket that has substance. it's being attacked but because they're providing specific proposals. on medicare i would say they cannot allow the obama campaign to set the narrative of medicare and they have to be very clear saying what -- that they're actually trying to reform medicare to save medicare. this...
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. >> obama's gaffe caps his worst week of the campaign. new worries on the economy. a big loss in wisconsin. >> together, we're going to move wisconsin forward. >>> i don't think i should have to say bad things about governor romney personally to disagree with him. >>> and these leaks have to stop. >> can obama get his groove back. will romney make the most of his chance? questions for our headliners. the president's top campaign stratejist, david axelrod. romney's runner-up, rick santorum and another powerhouse roundtable. >>> hello again. as you just heard a rough week for the president's re-election campaign. let's get right to his top campaign strategist. david axelrod. let's start with that press conference on friday. the president making that statement saying that the private sector is doing fine. you saw how fast mitt romney pounced. this morning the campaign is out with a new video to drive that point home. take a look. >> we have seen layoffs, cutbacks. >> i'm making $200 a month. >> i have been looking for a job for two years. haven't found any. >> i have h
. >> obama's gaffe caps his worst week of the campaign. new worries on the economy. a big loss in wisconsin. >> together, we're going to move wisconsin forward. >>> i don't think i should have to say bad things about governor romney personally to disagree with him. >>> and these leaks have to stop. >> can obama get his groove back. will romney make the most of his chance? questions for our headliners. the president's top campaign stratejist, david axelrod....
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then we had the collapse of lehman brothers in the third week of september when obama shot up to a lead, seven or nine. depending on the pole. he won by seven points. there could be some event that could provide a shock wave into the electoral system literally between labor day and election day. there will be bounces out of the convention. they typically do not last. they are made for tv. they are choreographed. there may to put the candidates and campaigns in the best light possible. the caller does make the point that an election that is very close right now, 2.7 points ahead for obama, swing states very close, something could happen that affect the outcome of the election. host: in the next few months we will be in florida for the republican national convention. joining us live on the phone, thank you for being with us. we remember so well in 2000, tim russert said it was florida. we know what happened in that 2000 election. could we see a repeat in terms of the importance and the closeness of the race in your state, four months out before the election? >> the election in florida wil
then we had the collapse of lehman brothers in the third week of september when obama shot up to a lead, seven or nine. depending on the pole. he won by seven points. there could be some event that could provide a shock wave into the electoral system literally between labor day and election day. there will be bounces out of the convention. they typically do not last. they are made for tv. they are choreographed. there may to put the candidates and campaigns in the best light possible. the...
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up next, a debate guru tells us what romney and obama did right and wrong this week and how they need to rethink their strategies. úwñoa >> chris: he has been called the nation's best political debate coach. he prepped george w. bush in 2004. john mccain in 2008 and michele bachmann and then mitt romney in this primary campaign. we asked brett o'donnell to join us today to talk about this week's debate and how both candidates need to recalibrate for the next one. the big i think it is fare to coming out of this debate is what happened to president obama. why did he do so poorly. obviously you were in the room but best guess what do you think his debate team failed to do to prepare him for wednesday night? >> three areas where you have to prepare a candidate. the first s they have to know the issues and policy on both sides. i think president obama s fine in that area. but the last two areas i think his team may have failed. the second is you have to have a strategy going into the debate to execute. and the final thing is you have to be mentally prepared. i don't think the president
up next, a debate guru tells us what romney and obama did right and wrong this week and how they need to rethink their strategies. úwñoa >> chris: he has been called the nation's best political debate coach. he prepped george w. bush in 2004. john mccain in 2008 and michele bachmann and then mitt romney in this primary campaign. we asked brett o'donnell to join us today to talk about this week's debate and how both candidates need to recalibrate for the next one. the big i think it is...
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then we had the collapse of lehman brothers in the third week of september when obama shot up to a lead, seven or nine, depending on the poll. he won by seven points. there could be some event that could provide a shock wave into the electoral system literally between labor day and election day. there will be bounces out of the convention. they typically do not last. they are made for tv. they are choreographed. there may to put the candidates and campaigns in the best light possible. the caller does make the point that an election that is very close right now, 2.7 points ahead for obama, swing states very close, something could happen that affect the outcome of the election. host: in the next few months we will be in florida for the republican national convention. joining us live on the phone, thank you for being with us. we remember so well in 2000, tim russert said it was florida. we know what happened in that 2000 election. could we see a repeat in terms of the importance and the closeness of the race in your state, four months out before the election? >> the election in florida wil
then we had the collapse of lehman brothers in the third week of september when obama shot up to a lead, seven or nine, depending on the poll. he won by seven points. there could be some event that could provide a shock wave into the electoral system literally between labor day and election day. there will be bounces out of the convention. they typically do not last. they are made for tv. they are choreographed. there may to put the candidates and campaigns in the best light possible. the...
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romney's favorability is moving up, obama's are moving down. mitt romney's winning independents. >> it is just amazing how quickly narratives change in this election. last week, it was, you know, doomsday for romney, then the debate happened. who knows what it's going to be next week. is it still wide open? >> i think it's moved from a race that was heavily tilted toward obama, the president was just beating romney as a campaigner, and the debate has now made it much more of a horse race, and we're likely to see fluidity right to the end and the win may go because we see these numbers move three, four points on a debate, it may be a couple points on the unemployment numbers. the win may go to the guy who has the last big play. who has the last big favorable play. i don't think these debates are fool's gold. i know cornell wouldn't have said that if obama had won. i think they were really important turning point but it's turned it into a much, much closer race. >> cornell, ari, david, thank you. fascinating stuff. >> thank you. >>> let us know w
romney's favorability is moving up, obama's are moving down. mitt romney's winning independents. >> it is just amazing how quickly narratives change in this election. last week, it was, you know, doomsday for romney, then the debate happened. who knows what it's going to be next week. is it still wide open? >> i think it's moved from a race that was heavily tilted toward obama, the president was just beating romney as a campaigner, and the debate has now made it much more of a horse...
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actually got hit for last week. i don't think biden was so much dismissive of ryan or certainly not of the audience at home which is much more important. so i think that it probably won't have quite that traction. but certainly part of the story, certainly part of what was going on last night. it was an odd first few minutes of the debate, i thought. >> jonathan, a lot has been made in the hours since of this goldilocks phenomenon. obama was a little too cool, biden was a little too hot maybe. what do we expect next week from the president? somebody just right, something in the middle? >> certainly that's what he and his advisers would hope. i think you'll see a barack obama that's very aware that the camera is on him at all times. >> right. >> i'm not sure he necessarily felt as aware of that as he probably should have in the last debate. i don't think you'll see some of the same facial completion expressions, the agitation, the frustration, the disbelief in some cases. i think you'll see a barack obama that's a lo
actually got hit for last week. i don't think biden was so much dismissive of ryan or certainly not of the audience at home which is much more important. so i think that it probably won't have quite that traction. but certainly part of the story, certainly part of what was going on last night. it was an odd first few minutes of the debate, i thought. >> jonathan, a lot has been made in the hours since of this goldilocks phenomenon. obama was a little too cool, biden was a little too hot...
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. >> ari, before last week, president obama was showing strong signs of improvement on the economy, closing the gap in most polls. but i want to show you a number. the pew poll shows that 54% of registered voters agree with the phrase doubt that obama knows how to turn the economy around. what do you make of that? >> that's been consistent, and it's been mitt romney's hope. if this is an election about the state of the economy and whether the president is partially or enough to blame for the bad economy, he's going to lose. that's why you see the president has been launching all the attacks against bain and all the other things he's been doing. so that's been the weakness and the numbers, too, that i'm looking for on the inside the polls are mitt romney's attributes and his ratings among independents because forget whether the polls are skewed for ds or rs, as long as mitt romney keeps winning independents, chances are mitt romney's going to win. in this pew poll, he won independents today, having nothing to do with whether it's skewed one party or the other. that's something to keep your e
. >> ari, before last week, president obama was showing strong signs of improvement on the economy, closing the gap in most polls. but i want to show you a number. the pew poll shows that 54% of registered voters agree with the phrase doubt that obama knows how to turn the economy around. what do you make of that? >> that's been consistent, and it's been mitt romney's hope. if this is an election about the state of the economy and whether the president is partially or enough to...
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>> you're actually seeing them literallies and president obama's rallies he had been going to in ohio last week, were all about getting the early vote out, making sure people were registered and saying hey, remember, folks, october 2nd, start voting early. you're seeing that more active than from the romney campaign. paul ryan was out in iowa, iowa is a state having some early voting, according to our inbed out there, paul ryan wasn't making the same exhortations to the republicans in his audience to get them to go vote early. you're seeing two strategies by the obama and romney campaigns. >> what else do we learn from the nbc news/"wall street journal" poll in terms of their attitudes towards the debate? >> just on the debate front, as i was kind of saying, bill mcinturf had a conference call with us and saying -- i can't give away the data but unless there is something extraordinary -- >> point out bill is the republican half of the peter hart/mcinturf team, they work for nbc news. >> he was looking at the data and remarkable how stable it is. unless there's something really ka the
>> you're actually seeing them literallies and president obama's rallies he had been going to in ohio last week, were all about getting the early vote out, making sure people were registered and saying hey, remember, folks, october 2nd, start voting early. you're seeing that more active than from the romney campaign. paul ryan was out in iowa, iowa is a state having some early voting, according to our inbed out there, paul ryan wasn't making the same exhortations to the republicans in his...
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pitiful performance last week and i think that helps the democrats if obama can capitalize on it, secondly the debate next fuse is a different format, it is a town hall and i think that makes it more difficult to criticize the other guy, so i think that makes the test a little bit harder for the president than just simply to come back from denver. >> rose:. >> charlie -- >> rose: yes. and then we go to mark. go ahead. >> on the point about the middle class joe biden is getting some criticism from the blogosphere on his closing statement being some what waffle any but i, waffle y but his answer before that when martha asked about their percents who they were, their characters and he gave a very clear about my whole life has been about defending the middle class, that's who i am. he did it in about 15 seconds sway benefit when it comes to joe biden he didn't have very much time but he did it clearly and with passion and i thought that was one of his strongest moments on the debate, on the foreign policy side, one thing i thought was really interesting was how much biden was on the defensive,
pitiful performance last week and i think that helps the democrats if obama can capitalize on it, secondly the debate next fuse is a different format, it is a town hall and i think that makes it more difficult to criticize the other guy, so i think that makes the test a little bit harder for the president than just simply to come back from denver. >> rose:. >> charlie -- >> rose: yes. and then we go to mark. go ahead. >> on the point about the middle class joe biden is...
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this is week one. no honeymoon whatsoever. you can tell that mitt romney is answering questions about his tax returns. the rollout of the vice presidential candidate dent even get people distracted from that. you can see it in the numbers. nate silver of "the new york times," the average vice presidential announcement produces a four-point bounce in the polls. in the case of paul ryan, it was more like a one-point bounce. democrats are gleefully sending around those numbers, noting that paul ryan's rollout is least successful on record, on par with the rollout of sarah palin and dan quayle. the sarah palin dig, that hurts. the dan quayle dig, democrats may be gleeful, but when republicans rolled out dan quayle, republicans can win that year. how can the republicans turn this into a dan quayle year and not a sarah palin year? would you assume that republican knew the medicare thing would always be hard. maybe you can forgive them for not knowing what to say about that, on or about saying no, no, no, let me run away. the other t
this is week one. no honeymoon whatsoever. you can tell that mitt romney is answering questions about his tax returns. the rollout of the vice presidential candidate dent even get people distracted from that. you can see it in the numbers. nate silver of "the new york times," the average vice presidential announcement produces a four-point bounce in the polls. in the case of paul ryan, it was more like a one-point bounce. democrats are gleefully sending around those numbers, noting...
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team obama needs a strong performance from biden to make up for last week and change the subject, which the president is still being forced to explain. >> governor romney had a good night. i had a bad night. >> not bad. >> well, it's not the first time i've had a bad night, but i think what's important is that the fundamentals of what this race is about haven't changed. governor romney went to a lot of trouble to try to hide what his positions are because he knows that those ideas have been rejected. they won't work. and if he's making an honest presentation about what he's proposed, he will lose. >> of course, the president's poor performance means there may be more pressure on biden than ryan tonight. yet despite the pressure, anyone who watched biden during the 2008 democratic primary debates might consider him the favorite going into tonight. yes, he's prone to hyperbole, yes he hasn't had much practice with tv interviews in months, actually years for many of us, but biden is a strong debater. and he has the same thipg going for him that benefited dick cheney, gravitas. biden has pr
team obama needs a strong performance from biden to make up for last week and change the subject, which the president is still being forced to explain. >> governor romney had a good night. i had a bad night. >> not bad. >> well, it's not the first time i've had a bad night, but i think what's important is that the fundamentals of what this race is about haven't changed. governor romney went to a lot of trouble to try to hide what his positions are because he knows that those...